Type-writing machine.



S. H. FARNHAM, A. W. SMITH PHELPS.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION TILED MAY 12,191a..

Patentedm y 12,1914.

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TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 191 4. Divided and this application filed May 12,

To (1. 7 whom it may oncern 1 Be it known that we, STEPHEN P Alibl nan.JLRTEIUR W. SMITH, and Josnrn lnnLrs. citizens of the United States, andresidents. respectively. of the borough of Brooklyn, county of King's,city and State of New York; borough of Manhattan, city, county. andState of New York, and Belle.- ville, county of Essex. and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inType-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specifica tion.

Our prec'nt invention relates to paper page or paper stop devices fortypewriting machines and its general object is to provide new andimproved devices of the character specified.

To the above and other ends our invention consistsin the features ofconstruction, coinbinations of devices and arrangements of partshereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the. claims.

The present application is a division of our prior application, SerialNo. 742,786, filed January 18, 1913, and which has eventuated in PatentNo. 1.071.612, granted August 26, 1-913, and while the principles of ourpresent invention are applicable to typewriting machines generally thepreferred embodiment of :SttMl invention as herein illustrated isespecially adapted to the typewriting machine disclosed in said priorapplication.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is afragmentsry in sectionot' the upper part. of a typcwriting machineembodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a face view of our novel side; ageand its mounting. Fig. 3 is a tran verse sectional view taken on a planeindicated by the dotted line 21in Fig. 2 and looking in the direction ofthe arrow at said line. Fig. l is a sectional view taken on a planeindicated by the dotted line .s-- in Fig. 8 and looking in, thedirection of the arrows at said line. 5 a fragmentary face view partlyin section of our novel end gage and its mounting. Fig. 6 is a detachedview of one of the elements of said end gage. As shown in F ig. l acarriage comprising end bars :26 and 2'. and cross bars 29 and 30 isadaptedto cooperate with fixed grooved I l l guide rails on the mainframe of the Inachine. One of said guide rails 33 is shown fixed abovethe rear part 11 of the top plate of the machine, said guide rail beinggunned to cooperate with the grooved carriage bar 29 throughanti-friction rollers 31. Said carriage supports a rotary platen 236provided with paper guiding devices comprising a deflector 106 whichcurves around the under side of said platen and a paper table 111arranged at the rear side of the platen and suitably mounted on said canriage, the lower edge of said pap'ertable being contiguous to the upperedge of the de' tlectorlOG. The details of the carriage construction arefully disclosed in said prior application.

. side gage or guide of novel construction is provided for the sheet orsheets that are fed over the paper table 114 and around the platen 36.Said side gage as shown in Figs. 1 to 4. is mounted on-a grooved track.-way 124 suitably'secured to the left-hand table ll l near its lower sideof the paper edge. Said track-way'extends horizontallv l along the papertable and receives a slide y b l 125 to which is suitably secured as 125a spring plate by rivets 1'26, the upper and lower end portions whereofrcspcctrvely cooperate trictionally with the paper table 11% and deflector 106 so as to maintain the slide in adjusted positions along thetrack-way 124.. Suitably secured to the slide 125 as by being screwed at125" to an car 125 on said slide is an upstanding side gage or guideproper (2r abutment 127. A, lateral pin 128 on this abutment or gageplate 127 is adapted to cooperate with a feed roll release lever 10% orother suitable relatively stationary part to prevent the slide frombeing detached at the left. from its guide way 124. The friction plateor device 12!) is of very thin flexile sheet metal and while it overliesor its upper and lower portions incline down toward the paper andclosely hug these parts so that when paper. and particularlythat sortprovided with key hole slots or" punches at its marcovers the guide way124 and the slide 125 table and paper deflector gin, is introduceddownward into the main carriage over the paper table 114, its edges willnot be obstructed by the projecting up per edge or face of the part 124but will be fill? groove 18% With which cooperate roll rs .185 mountedon the base plate 18L Said su'ocarriage supports paper guiding and con.-trolling devicescomprising, as appears in Fig. l a guide plate 224slotted for the accommodation oi a feed roller 5533 which is pivotallysupported on the sub-carriage and cooperates with a feed roller 238 tofeed paper over the guide plate and across tl e printing face of theplaten 86, said paper, indicated at 477, being superposed on the paperfed over the main platen. The snh-carriage paper in is contained orhousecl' in a basketor receptacle 208 mounted on the sub-carriage andarranged below the same, its upper part being; in line with the paperguide plate 224. A flexible finger 209 cooperates with said basket todirect the paper downward into the lalzter; finger holding the paperlightly agninsl; the from; face oi said basket. The hash-eh providedwith a side paper gage ll?) at its left-hand side and with an end SW31)de- .vice or gage which. is adjustahly mean 1 on the basket and extendsfrom side to side thereof. I

; The end gage proper is shown in Figs. 1., 5 and 6 andeoniprises asquared rod or bar 215 which is arranged Within the basket andtransversely thereof, being mo /a" mounted on a carrier or ball of spin.metal, the tendency of lhe bail being to be upward as will be understood"from "l. and 6 The hail is arranged outside the basket and itsupturned. ends or are formed with holes which receive screw infles 217projecting from die ends 05: the

as 215. Arranged within the basket loo Ward of the bar is a roller 2-18provided with a rubber sheath 219, the ends of the roller being reducedas indicated at 52:20 and bearing in openings in the ears 2L6. Qatsidethe left ear the reduced end has socured to it a knurled finger button221. Just inside of each ear the ends 221) have secured to them smalltoothed wheels, gears or sprockets 2232. These wheels are rotatablyadjustable relatively to each other, and to this end one at least is seton the associatemednced end 220 by a set screw 220. The teeth of lhesprockets 222 are inclined upper l 30 of thezew i when and extendingalong 4 of holes 22-3, one for each spi'oclz'n aid holes being punchedor otherwise formed in the basket 8 near its edges. ye Earning ihelinger bull on the t .t are turned together and will cooperate "n sheholes 9' 3 so ell'cct a pos hivefeec. or advance oi. the carrier on bailE216 and the end cop Ell), lihe construct-ion provid a 75 p" only opc'aiging rack and conneclion between lj-lle end slop device and; iii;snpporn at each GILlLi OIE 'L-HO end. sl'l op device. lhe Iced of eachend oil the stop device will liln-n'ejlioi'e be equal and skewing of thehas? 215 is prevented. The stop device will he held in adjuscedpositions chiell'y my the friction between the body of the bail 31.63and the face of tlie loaskci. The rubber roller218, 219 facilitatesease, snioohness and silence in the adjusting ope ion. The paper, itwill be understood, is nitroduced into the be slteo and between it andthe spring fingei" i209 and is adjusted 7i: side gage 210, being presseddownward into the basket until arrested by the step has ":VlllClJ. willnot only give she proper i itial location endWis-e hutwill also so areor am. the sheet"; eoopera' nng with the some along its en'ln'e en oredg norlien so easel; s

1e presenl l s, ooh V l l claimed in the prior catiofaforesaid 01 inother applications based on said pareni; ppana lion I able 1 side guidesud-able on a "lion plate secured and overlapping said passing over Erie,h and being s 2. En a n lion a platen cari'iey, table on guide plate, a4

on said gaide way, p: slFe, and a I. tion plate slide and eo tloeretivewith 5 said friction plane eztendin and overlyi W said gnidewva' pa111g; over s inaction pleas therewith and being supported dim,

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen carrier, aplaten, paper de fleeting and supporting means, a grooved guide waymounted onsaid means and projecting above the surface thereof, a slidein said guide-way, a paper gage on said slide, and a flexible frictionplate secured to said slide-and overlying said guide-Way, the endportions of said friction plate inclining to-l Ward and cooperating withsaid means, the paper passing over said friction plate in contacttherewith and being supported thereby.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combina tion of a platen, a paper endgage, a support therefor, and sets of rack and gear connections betweensaid support and said gage, one set near each end of the latter, saidconnections being hand controlled and operative to vary the position ofsaid gage on its support.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a paper endgage, a support f',thereior lndependent sets 01? positive con ,3 r inections between said support and said gage,

one set near each end of the latter, and

means for affording variation in the relationship of one of saidsets ofconnections with the other set.

6. In a typeuriting machine, the combine.-

tion of a plat-en, a paper end gage, a support therefor, rack and gearconnections between said support and said gage near each end of thelatter, and a carrier for said gage having a frictional connection withsaid supas port. 1

T. in a typewriting machine, the combine tion of a platen, an end gagefor the paper, supporting means for said gage, two sets of devices forpositively connecting said gage in adjustably with its support, andmeans for i afiording variation in the relationship of one set Withthe'other. f I

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, an end gagefor the paper, supporting means for said gage, two sets of devices forpositively connecting said gage adjustably with its support, each setcomprising a gear Wheel, and means for affording variation in therelationship of said gear Wheels. v

In a typewriting machine, the combine tion of a platen, an end gage barfor the paper, a supporting plate for said bar, and a bailsupportingsaid bar and cooperating frictionally With said plate.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, an end gagebar for the paper, a guide plate, a bail supporting said her andcooperating frictionall with said platev gears mounted on said bai atits ends,

and cooperating rack devices on said plate.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, an end gagebar for the paper, a supporting plate for said bar, .a bail supportingsaid bar and cooperating frictioxially with said plate, a roller on saidbail and cooperating with said plate at the face opposite said bail,gears at the ends of said roller, a finger piece for rotating said.roller and said gears, and rack devices on said plate cooperative Withsaid gears.

STEPHEN H. FARNHAM. ARTHUR W. SMITH. JOSEPH PHELPS. W'itnesses as toFarnham and Smith:

M. F. HANNWEBER, CHARLES E. SMITH. \Vitnesses as to Phelps:

E. E. BARNEY, C. E. PHILLIPS.

